A fossil harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones) from the Mississippian of East Kirkton, Scotland

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 482-489

  Dunlop, Jason A ^a   Anderson, Lyall I ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eupnoi; New species; Paleozoic; Taxonomy; Vis an

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; OPILIONES;

EID: 30344467794     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/04-79.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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